Sentences

05.26.10

James O’Keefe, ACORN PIMP, Pleads Guilty, Gets Sentenced

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No one ever said that pimpin’ was easy: James O’Keefe, the conservative activist and ACORN “pimp,” has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of entering federal property under false pretenses. O’Keefe was arrested in January for trying to take video of two of his colleagues in Senator Mary Landrieu’s office. His two colleagues were posing as telephone repairmen in what they say was an attempt to investigate complaints of health-care opponents that they could not get through. He was sentenced to three years probation, 100 hours of community service, and a $1,500 fine.